If you send a guy out with a hammer, every problem becomes a nail.
I'm sure I've heard some version of that before, but that strikes me as a very shrewd comment. [Yes, pun intentional.]
I believe it's generally used in commentary on Sparta, and on most other instances where military prowess does not translate to good government, which requires more subtle approaches. [They do govern best who govern least, or as Henry V said, (more or less), the gentler hand is the surer winner.)
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Date: 2013-11-09 02:44 am (UTC)If you send a guy out with a hammer, every problem becomes a nail.
I'm sure I've heard some version of that before, but that strikes me as a very shrewd comment. [Yes, pun intentional.]
I believe it's generally used in commentary on Sparta, and on most other instances where military prowess does not translate to good government, which requires more subtle approaches. [They do govern best who govern least, or as Henry V said, (more or less), the gentler hand is the surer winner.)